Man is born for deeds of kindness.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.

It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinions than our own.

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.

Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.

To help people is to help God

You fell asleep and a monster crawled from out of my head and found its way under my bed

Reading/writing is a chance to live a different life in a different world.

It is a truth universally acknowledge that there will always be a gentleman to dance with, except at just the moment when you require one most.

I reckon it's more of an external perspective that on some level you really can control and dictate how your career's going to go.

Out of five hundred who speak glibly of love, not one can spell the first letter of his name.

I will not hesitate. Not for a second.

If a hundred-foot oak tree had the mind of a human, it would only grow to be ten feet tall!

Everything can be borne except contempt.

Any life will provide the material for writing, if it is attended to.